Global Privacy Lead for Medical Devices & AI

Abbott; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 149,000 - 297,000; Full time

Job summary

Abbott is seeking an experienced privacy professional to lead privacy compliance operations for its Medical Devices Divisions in Sylmar. This Associate Director role focuses on data protection across a multinational footprint, partnering with global teams and business units to mature privacy controls and programs.

You will advise stakeholders on privacy risks, oversee DPIA and third-party due diligence, and drive privacy by design across products and engineering.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Privacy Engineering, Information Technology, or a related technical field.
• 7+ years of progressive privacy program management, compliance, and or program management experience (healthcare or tech preferred).
• 5 + years of experience with privacy in an engineering and or technical implementation context.
• Fluency and proficiency in privacy preserving methods and technology.
• Strong verbal and presentation skills to facilitate communicating complex topics with diverse stakeholders during trainings or meetings.
• Significant experience implementing and managing applicable regulatory frameworks (e.g., GDPR, HIPAA, CPRA and other U.S. state laws).

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement standards, processes and technical solutions to ensure privacy policies are correctly implemented. The implementations should advance compliance with legal and business forms of data processing.
• Inform and advise Abbott commercial teams of their obligations to comply with the U.S. and global data protection laws and requirements, including HIPAA and GDPR.
• Lead privacy reviews for Generative Artificial Intelligence related matters and guide divisions with Generative AI related advising.
• Be a member and participate in divisional Data Use and Ethics Councils.
• Guide the development of new privacy products and features, as well as the review of in place products and technology to ensure persistence of privacy controls.
• Identify areas of improvement in local practices relative to managing data privacy.
• Assist with regular privacy assessments of operational processes, identifying, and mitigating risks through effective tools, training, and guidance.
• Assist with tracking categories of privacy threats and vulnerabilities to proactively address potential future variances
• Communicate program progress, escalations, and issue analysis to key stakeholders.
• Increase privacy maturity in the technical and compliance teams by providing privacy education, training, and mentoring
• Closely interact with local teams in case of regulator inquiries or addressing data subject rights and drive for delivering system related / technical information and analysis needed to work up the cases and draft responses
• Conduct privacy risk assessments of multiple product components, and determine how to bridge between data regulations, governance, practical engineering practices, and policy practices.
• Develop, maintain, and publish design or technical documentation to drive consistency in privacy decisions and practices.
• Drive and develop executive-level briefings on progress across major privacy control development frameworks.
• Ability to manage risk in ambiguous and complex situations.

Skills

Privacy program management

Privacy by design

Risk management

Regulatory compliance

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field

Job description

Abbott is seeking an experienced privacy professional to lead privacy compliance operations for its Medical Devices Divisions in Sylmar. This Associate Director role focuses on data protection across a multinational footprint, partnering with global teams and business units to mature privacy controls and programs.

You will advise stakeholders on privacy risks, oversee DPIA and third-party due diligence, and drive privacy by design across products and engineering.